Washing-machine



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

C. D. OBER AND S. M. OBER, OF MORRISVILLE, VERMONT.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 29,987, dated September 11, 1860.

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known that we, C. D. OBER and S. M. OBER, of Morrisville, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in IVashing- Machines; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, forming part of this speci lication, in the several figures of which similar characters of reference denote the same part.

Figure l is a vertical longitudinal section, showing the rubber clamped for wringing purposes, in black lines, and the other positions of the same, in red lines. Fig. 2 is a top View.

The nature of our invention consists in the construction of Washing machines by the arrangement of certain devices hereinafter to be set forth.

In the drawing B is the box having within it an inclined corrugated board C. Upon this board is a rubber R of corrugated rollers a b c within a frame (Z, driven by means of arms e and rods f, from the alternate partial rotation of shaft D, held by standards E E. The carriage is designed to be loaded with a weight, and being forced up the inclined board C by power applied to lever L, descends by its own gravity, rendering its movement exceedingly easy to the operator.

Supported by standards E E, is a shaft I having arms m n to one of which (m), by rod p, the rubber is connected so as to be elevated as shown in Fig. l by red lines, so that the clothing may be adjusted or removed.

as described, with the corrugated board C,

yielding roller G, dogs 1, standards E E, shafts D and I, arms m a and e and rods p and f, as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names before two subscribing witnesses.

C. D. OBER. S. M. BER.

Witnesses A. H. DANFORTH, H. POLLEY. 

